Published in Med Care on May 01, 2003
Magnetic resonance imaging of the knee in Norway 2002-2004 (national survey): rapid increase, older patients, large geographic differences. BMC Health Serv Res (2007) 0.93
Advanced MRI of articular cartilage. Imaging Med (2011) 0.87
Advances in musculoskeletal MRI: technical considerations. J Magn Reson Imaging (2012) 0.86
The role of MRI in musculoskeletal practice: a clinical perspective. J Man Manip Ther (2011) 0.80
Medical decision making in patients with knee pain, meniscal tear, and osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum (2009) 0.75
Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States. Part II. Arthritis Rheum (2008) 19.80
Variable selection for propensity score models. Am J Epidemiol (2006) 10.68
A review of uses of health care utilization databases for epidemiologic research on therapeutics. J Clin Epidemiol (2005) 8.77
Risk of death in elderly users of conventional vs. atypical antipsychotic medications. N Engl J Med (2005) 8.44
High-dimensional propensity score adjustment in studies of treatment effects using health care claims data. Epidemiology (2009) 7.40
A review of the application of propensity score methods yielded increasing use, advantages in specific settings, but not substantially different estimates compared with conventional multivariable methods. J Clin Epidemiol (2005) 7.31
Long-term persistence in use of statin therapy in elderly patients. JAMA (2002) 7.19
The Self-Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire: a new method to assess comorbidity for clinical and health services research. Arthritis Rheum (2003) 6.68
Accuracy of Medicare claims-based diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction: estimating positive predictive value on the basis of review of hospital records. Am Heart J (2004) 6.57
A randomized study of how physicians interpret research funding disclosures. N Engl J Med (2012) 5.47
Addressing the coming radiology crisis-the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology transforming the radiological interpretation process (TRIP) initiative. J Digit Imaging (2004) 5.24
Antidepressant use in pregnancy and the risk of cardiac defects. N Engl J Med (2014) 4.99
Nonadherence to adjuvant tamoxifen therapy in women with primary breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2003) 4.95
Development of the QuickDASH: comparison of three item-reduction approaches. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2005) 4.90
The "ART" of linkage: pre-treatment loss to care after HIV diagnosis at two PEPFAR sites in Durban, South Africa. PLoS One (2010) 4.75
Self-management education programs in chronic disease: a systematic review and methodological critique of the literature. Arch Intern Med (2004) 4.68
Full coverage for preventive medications after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med (2011) 4.51
Rates and outcomes of primary and revision total hip replacement in the United States medicare population. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2003) 4.38
New FDA breakthrough-drug category--implications for patients. N Engl J Med (2014) 4.30
The importance of patient expectations in predicting functional outcomes after total joint arthroplasty. J Rheumatol (2002) 4.16
Adherence to therapy with oral antineoplastic agents. J Natl Cancer Inst (2002) 4.16
Imaging strategies for low-back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet (2009) 4.00
A combined comorbidity score predicted mortality in elderly patients better than existing scores. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 3.98
Who starts antiretroviral therapy in Durban, South Africa?... not everyone who should. AIDS (2010) 3.93
Use of antidepressants near delivery and risk of postpartum hemorrhage: cohort study of low income women in the United States. BMJ (2013) 3.88
Anticonvulsant medications and the risk of suicide, attempted suicide, or violent death. JAMA (2010) 3.85
Cost-effectiveness of total knee arthroplasty in the United States: patient risk and hospital volume. Arch Intern Med (2009) 3.84
Adherence to lipid-lowering therapy and the use of preventive health services: an investigation of the healthy user effect. Am J Epidemiol (2007) 3.82
The epidemiology of prescriptions abandoned at the pharmacy. Ann Intern Med (2010) 3.78
Predicting the outcome of total knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2004) 3.70
The implications of choice: prescribing generic or preferred pharmaceuticals improves medication adherence for chronic conditions. Arch Intern Med (2006) 3.64
Burden of changes in pill appearance for patients receiving generic cardiovascular medications after myocardial infarction: cohort and nested case-control studies. Ann Intern Med (2014) 3.62
Effect of smoking on comparative efficacy of antiplatelet agents: systematic review, meta-analysis, and indirect comparison. BMJ (2013) 3.43
The quality of pharmacologic care for vulnerable older patients. Ann Intern Med (2004) 3.34
Incidence rates of dislocation, pulmonary embolism, and deep infection during the first six months after elective total hip replacement. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2003) 3.33
Analytic strategies to adjust confounding using exposure propensity scores and disease risk scores: nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and short-term mortality in the elderly. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 3.33
Timing of total joint replacement affects clinical outcomes among patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. Arthritis Rheum (2002) 3.29
The implications of therapeutic complexity on adherence to cardiovascular medications. Arch Intern Med (2011) 3.27
Rethinking the use of physicians as hired expert lecturers. Ann Intern Med (2014) 3.22
Group exercise, education, and combination self-management in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized trial. Arch Intern Med (2007) 3.20
Drug-review deadlines and safety problems. N Engl J Med (2008) 3.16
Variations in pill appearance of antiepileptic drugs and the risk of nonadherence. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 3.13
Cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in patients using clopidogrel with proton pump inhibitors after percutaneous coronary intervention or acute coronary syndrome. Circulation (2009) 3.09
Balancing innovation, access, and profits--market exclusivity for biologics. N Engl J Med (2009) 3.08
Tumor necrosis factor alpha antagonist use and cancer in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum (2006) 3.04
The dramatic increase in total knee replacement utilization rates in the United States cannot be fully explained by growth in population size and the obesity epidemic. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2012) 2.98
Relationship between selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and acute myocardial infarction in older adults. Circulation (2004) 2.98
University-based science and biotechnology products: defining the boundaries of intellectual property. JAMA (2005) 2.95
Compliance with osteoporosis medications. Arch Intern Med (2005) 2.91
Noncompliance with antihypertensive medications: the impact of depressive symptoms and psychosocial factors. J Gen Intern Med (2002) 2.85
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and acute myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2002) 2.82
Selective prescribing led to overestimation of the benefits of lipid-lowering drugs. J Clin Epidemiol (2006) 2.81
Internet marketing of herbal products. JAMA (2003) 2.77
Economic implications of evidence-based prescribing for hypertension: can better care cost less? JAMA (2004) 2.77
Trends in epidemiology of knee arthroplasty in the United States, 1990-2000. Arthritis Rheum (2005) 2.76
Revising expectations from rapid HIV tests in the emergency department. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.74
Treatment effects in the presence of unmeasured confounding: dealing with observations in the tails of the propensity score distribution--a simulation study. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 2.74
Inhibition of TGF-β signaling in mesenchymal stem cells of subchondral bone attenuates osteoarthritis. Nat Med (2013) 2.74
Accuracy of Medicare claims data for rheumatologic diagnoses in total hip replacement recipients. J Clin Epidemiol (2003) 2.72
Comparative mortality risk of anemia management practices in incident hemodialysis patients. JAMA (2010) 2.71
Articular cartilage in the knee: current MR imaging techniques and applications in clinical practice and research. Radiographics (2011) 2.70
Sending pharma better signals. Science (2005) 2.69
Epidemiology of total knee replacement in the United States Medicare population. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2005) 2.67
Identification of individuals with CKD from Medicare claims data: a validation study. Am J Kidney Dis (2005) 2.65
Improved comorbidity adjustment for predicting mortality in Medicare populations. Health Serv Res (2003) 2.65
Characteristics of clinical trials to support approval of orphan vs nonorphan drugs for cancer. JAMA (2011) 2.60
Improvements in long-term mortality after myocardial infarction and increased use of cardiovascular drugs after discharge: a 10-year trend analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 2.58
Performance of propensity score calibration--a simulation study. Am J Epidemiol (2007) 2.56
Adjusting effect estimates for unmeasured confounding with validation data using propensity score calibration. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 2.55
Practical, legal, and ethical issues in expanded access to investigational drugs. N Engl J Med (2015) 2.53
Medicaid prior-authorization programs and the use of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors. N Engl J Med (2004) 2.52
Cost-effectiveness of providing full drug coverage to increase medication adherence in post-myocardial infarction Medicare beneficiaries. Circulation (2008) 2.42
Relative effectiveness of osteoporosis drugs for preventing nonvertebral fracture. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.40
Adjusting for unmeasured confounders in pharmacoepidemiologic claims data using external information: the example of COX2 inhibitors and myocardial infarction. Epidemiology (2005) 2.38
Anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha therapy and the risk of serious bacterial infections in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum (2007) 2.37
Impact of obesity and knee osteoarthritis on morbidity and mortality in older Americans. Ann Intern Med (2011) 2.35
Racial differences in screening for prostate cancer in the elderly. Arch Intern Med (2004) 2.34
Increasing levels of restriction in pharmacoepidemiologic database studies of elderly and comparison with randomized trial results. Med Care (2007) 2.31
Arthritis self-management education programs: a meta-analysis of the effect on pain and disability. Arthritis Rheum (2003) 2.30
Rotator cuff disorders: recognition and management among patients with shoulder pain. Arthritis Rheum (2004) 2.28
Validation of rheumatoid arthritis diagnoses in health care utilization data. Arthritis Res Ther (2011) 2.24
Treatment of older adult patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis: improved but not optimal. Arthritis Rheum (2007) 2.18
Admissions caused by adverse drug events to internal medicine and emergency departments in hospitals: a longitudinal population-based study. Eur J Clin Pharmacol (2002) 2.15
Patterns of medication initiation in newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus: quality and cost implications. Am J Med (2012) 2.13
Assessing health state utilities in elderly patients at cardiovascular risk. Med Decis Making (2006) 2.12